Railway cattle-guard.



C. RILEY, RAILWAY CATTLE sumo.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. I918.

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CAMDEN RILEY, 0F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

RAILWAY CATTLE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Application filed April 16, 1918. Serial No. 228,967.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAMDEN RILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake county, State of Utah, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Railway Cattle-Guards, of whichthe following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to prevent cattle from trespassingupon railway road beds, and to reduce the danger from fire on trestles,culverts and bridges.

I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents the cattle guard disconnected from the road bed.

Fig. 2 represents the cattle guard as it appears when in place in theroad bed, Fig. 3 represents a cross section of Fig. 1 taken on the lineA-B, and Fig. 4 an end view.

The invention consists of several of the metallic beams, 1 which are soconstructed that their upper parts are cut and bent to form the guards,2 which are arranged and bent alternately inwardly and outwardly at aslanting angle from the level of the road bed, the points beingpreferably turned slightly upward, and are so arranged that each guardpoints to the open space between the inwardly pointing guards on theopposite side of the beam as shown in Fig. 2.

These guards may be painted in various colors, preferably in red, whiteand black alternately as cattle have an antipathy for alternatin colors.

Adjusta le rail seats, 3 are placed in each end of the channels of thebeams, 1 for the urpose of supporting the rails which are Eastened tothese rail seats as shown in Fig. 2, These adjustable rail seats havenotches, 4 cut in their upper edges. Into these notches are placed thebands, 5 which pass over these rail seats, 3 and downward through holesin the sides of the beams, 1.

The bands, 5 secure the rail seats, 3 in the channel of the beams, 1 asshown in Fig. 2, and are so made at each end that they may be loosenedor tightened as the expansion or the contraction of the beams or of therail seats may require as a result of weather or other conditions.

To securely anchor the beams, 1 in the road bed and to prevent theirmoving longitudinally in the road bed, the anchors, 6 project downwardfrom the bottom of the channels of the beams into the road bed near eachend of the beams.

To prevent the beams, 1 from buckling, and to give them additionalstrength, and to hold the ballast in place the sides of the beams extenddownward and below the bottor? of the channels of the beams as shown atTo allow for. drainage holes are made in the bottom of the beams, 1 atintervals along their length.

The guard as constructed is practically immune from fire- Having thusdescribed my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

1. A railway cattle guard composed of trough shaped metallic beamshaving sides extending downward and below the bottom of the channel ofthe beams, the bottom of the channel being formed by turning the metalat a right angle to the perpendicular sides of the beams at a pointabove the bottom of the perpendicular sides of the beams.

2. A railway cattle guard composed of metallic beams having alternatingguards projecting from the tops of the perpendicular sides of the beams;having sides extending downward and below the bottom of the channel ofthe beams, the bottom of the channel being formed by turning the metalat a right angle to the perpendicular sides of the beams at a pointabove the bottom of the perpendicular sides of the beams; anchorsprojecting downward from the bottom of the channel of the beams into theroad bed; and means for drainage.

3. A railway cattle guard composed of metallic beams having colored,alternating guards projecting from the tops of the perpendicular sidesof the beams; having sides extending downward and below the bottom ofthe channel of the beams, the bottom of the channel being formed byturning the metal at a right angle to the perpendicular notches in theirupper edges, and passing sides of the beams at a point above thebotdownward through holes in the sides of the 10 tom of theperpendicular sides of the beams; beams; and adjusting bands passingover anchors projecting downward from the the rail seats, fitting intonotches in their bottom of the channel of the beams into upper edges,and passing downward through the road bed; means for drainage; railholes in the sides of the beams.

seats secured and adjusted by adjusting bands passing over their top;fitting into CAMDEN RILEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 0! Patentn, Washington, D. 0.

